The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) has confirmed that not less than 45,089 individuals have died within the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes that jolted southeastern Türkiye on Feb. 6.
AFAD stated that 11,020 aftershocks occurred after the dual earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Adana, Adıyaman, Osmaniye, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya and Elazığ. In addition, the quantity of people that had been evacuated or left the quake-hit areas by their very own means and registered to the district governorships within the provinces they went to has reached almost 2 million.
A complete of 6,368 search and rescue personnel, consisting of AFAD, Police Search and Rescue (PAK), Gendarmerie Search and Rescue (JAK), Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command (JÖAK), the coast guard, hearth brigade, Ministry of National Education (MEB), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and worldwide search and rescue personnel are nonetheless working within the area.
In addition, 234,636 individuals from AFAD, police, gendarmerie, Ministry of National Defense, the National Medical Rescue Team (UMKE), native safety and help groups, volunteers and subject personnel are within the earthquake zones.
Some 18,400 autos, together with excavators, tow vehicles, cranes, dozers, vehicles, water vehicles, trailers, graders, vacuum vehicles and comparable building tools, proceed to function within the catastrophe space.
With the air bridge established for personnel and materials cargo to the area, 116 helicopters and 76 planes affiliated with the Air Forces Command and land forces, and 38 ships from the navy, Coast Guard Command, Gendarmerie General Command, General Directorate of Security, Ministry of Health and General Directorate of Forestry have carried out 13,999 fight missions up to now.
The set up of 358,037 tents, which had been despatched to the areas closely affected by the earthquake by ministries, related establishments and organizations, and completely different international locations and worldwide organizations, have been accomplished. While container cities are being created in 11 provinces at 332 factors, installations proceed in 10 areas and 162 factors.
The variety of individuals supplied with shelter providers in tents, containers, state dormitories, motels, public guesthouses and different amenities in and out of doors the catastrophe space reached 1,915,687.
Four cell social service facilities had been assigned in Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Osmaniye and Malatya for catastrophe psychosocial help actions. As a consequence, psychosocial help was supplied to 1,025,291 individuals, 691,388 within the earthquake zone and 333,903 exterior the quake zone.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
